The is the 6th edition of the ''

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''. It awarded the best of

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. The ceremony took place on April 12, 1997, at Theatre Shinjuku in

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Awards

*Best Film: ''Helpless'' *Best Director:

Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With th ...

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Kids Return is a 1996 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano. The film was made directly after Kitano recovered from a motorcycle wreck that left one side of his body paralyzed. After undergoing extensive surgery and physical therapy, h ...

'') *Best Actress: Maiko Kawakami ('' Debeso'') *Best Actor:

Tadanobu Asano , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in '' Electric Dragon 80.000 V'', Kakihara in '' Ichi the Killer'', Mamoru Arita in '' Bright Future'', Hattori Genosuke in ''Zatoichi'', Ke ...

(''Helpless'', ''Focus'') *Best New Director:

Shinji Aoyama was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film '' Eureka''. Biography Shinji Aoyama was born in Kitakyushu, ...

(''Helpless'', '' Chinpira'') *Special: Tatsuoki Hosono ('' Shabu Gokudō'') *Best Distinguished Service:

Tomorowo Taguchi is a Japanese actor, film director and musician. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he ma ...

(''Midori'', ''

Dangan Runner is a 1996 Japanese comedy film directed by Sabu. Cast *Shinichi Tsutsumi as Takeda * Tomorowo Taguchi as Yasuda *Diamond Yukai as Aizawa *Akaji Maro is a Japanese actor, Butoka, and theater director. Early life In 1943, Maro was born i ...

'') *Best Distinguished Service: Mai Kitajima ('' Gonin2'')

10 best films

# ''Helpless'' (

) # ''

'' (

) # '' Young Thugs: Innocent Blood'' (

Kazuyuki Izutsu is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic. Career Born in Nara Prefecture, Izutsu started making 8mm films in high school, and directed his first 35mm film, a pink film, in 1975. He earned a citation from the Directors Guild ...

) # '' Shabu Gokudō'' ( Tatsuoki Hosono) # ''

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Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as '' Ring'' (1998), ''Ring 2'' (1999) and '' Dark Water'' (2002). Several of these ...

) # ''Okaeri'' (

Makoto Shinozaki (born 1963 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki attended Rikkyo University, where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such as Kiy ...

) # ''Romance'' (

Shunichi Nagasaki is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Filmography Director * 1982 '' Yamiutsu shinzo'' a.k.a. ''Heart, Beating in the Dark'' *1988 '' Rock yo shizukani nagareyo'' *1988 '' Yojo no jidai'' *1989 '' Yuwakusha'' a.k.a. ''The Enchantmen ...

) # '' Gonin2'' ( Takashi Ishii)

References

External links

* {{Japanese Professional Movie Awards

1997 in Japanese cinema Japan Film Professional Awards April 1997 events in Asia